• My Plans for NPA- Dantsoho
Image of Dantsoho and Bello Koko.
Lagos, Tues, 23 July 2024-
Haboursandport.com: The outgone Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr Mohammed Bello Koko, has thanked President Bola Tinubu and former President Muhammadu Buhari for the opportunity to served as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority.
Bello Koko expressed the gratitudes, yesterday, when he handed over files and a new staff clinic and five other completed projects to his successor- Dr Abubakar Dantsoho, for commissioning.
During the handover ceremony at the NPA headquarters in Lagos,
Bello Koko said:
“We recorded an unprecedented growth in revenue generation and remittances to the Consolidated Revenue Fund, CRF, from revenue of N381 billion in 2022 and N501 billion in 2023 to N541 billion in the first half of 2024 and remittances to CRF increasing from N93.4 billion in 2022 to N206 billion in 2023 and to N255 billion in the first half of 2024—surpassing our year-on-year total revenue generation and remittances in any year.
“Unprecedented tax remittances to the Federal Government ranging up to N60 billion in the period of my stewardship. We raised the bar higher.
Our hope and prayers are for the new management to continue on this trajectory and surpass it. But we were also deliberate on dialogue and driving reforms.
" NPA achieved all-round port efficiency during my tenure.
We hit the ground running with the necessary approvals to get the Lekki Deep Seaport fully operational to retake the lost transit and transshipment cargo.
“Promoted the non-oil export drive of the President by setting up ten (10) Export Processing Terminals, EPTs, mainstreaming it to the NXP and e-call up system to facilitate exports, and the result is evident in the attainment of a foreign trade surplus, as highlighted in the NBS report for Q1 2024.
Upgraded Data Center, Servers, Storage, and Business Continuity. Established a data recovery and protection unit with an up-to-date data protection audit certification.
“Digitized staff attendance for accountability and improved productivity. Ensured the sustainability and free flow of cargo by clearing the decade-long traffic gridlock menacing the Apapa and Tincan Island port complexes, and its environs.
“Provided aids to navigation such as buoys, fenders, and bollards across all the ports, and also enhanced seaside operations by providing marine crafts, pilot cutters, tugboats, mooring boats, etc to improve port efficiency."
My Plans for NPA - Dantsoho
Dantsoho, in his inaugural address at the event, unveiled plans for ports rehabilitation and modernization.
He also said priority will be given to total automation of NPA processes.
Assuring staff of adequate welfare, he said, “We will continue the digital transformation of the Authority and reinforce the current efforts at deploying the Port Community System, PCS, which we believe is key to our dream of total automation of our processes, thereby eliminating leakages and corruption.”
Assuring that the current efforts towards infrastructural renewal and development will be enhanced, he added, “In particular, we will drive Port Rehabilitation and Modernization.
We will pay attention to the logistics that surround the arrival of cargoes along the port corridor, their receipt at the terminals and loading onboard ships in the most efficient way and also cargo evacuation from our ports.”
Other targets outlined by Dantsoho include development of deep sea ports, in order to unlock the full potential of the Nigerian economy, promotion of transparency, accountability and ease of doing business at the ports, enhancing collaboration and communication between sister agencies and promoting stakeholder engagement.
No comments:
Post a Comment